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Cervical adenosarcoma was an extremely rare kind of Mullerian mixed tumor, and there was no optimal method of treatment. The aim of this article was to approach the better treatment method for this kind of disease. In this paper, the vaginal touch, the MRI image, and biopsy were used for diagnosis. And a conservative surgery was performed, followed by 4 cycles of VAC (VCR+KSM+CTX) chemotherapy. No evidence of recurrence was seen during follow-up till now. The conservative surgery and VAC chemotherapy in this patient was effective.
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Zhang, K., Han, Js. & Mbi, F. Cervical adenosarcoma: Report of a case and literature review. Chin. J. Cancer Res. 22, 235–238 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11670-010-0235-0
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